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Crafts and Handwork

Precut blocks for a bird carving workshop
many paint brushes
making a felted owl: Work In Process 2 (wrapping soft gray wool around wool body; work is on a plastic-protect foam pad to protect needles and work surface)
nature journaling and sketching materials
Tools of the Trades
Needle felted owls by M. Barnes and K. Talmage. Wool, less than 2" tall.
Child (hands and part of torso) carving a white bar soap using a craft-stick tool.
The center bird is a White-breasted Nuthatch crocheted by E. Spinney
Hands of older, light-skinned person. The left hand is wearing a Kevlar carving glove and holding a partially-carved piece of wood. The right hand is holding a carving knife and is carving the wood.
child (seen from back) doing leaf rubbing of fern
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900 Sherman Hollow Road
Huntington, Vermont 05462
+1 802 434-2167

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Hours may change for special events; please see our calendar.

May through October
Open Weds – Sun, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

November to April
Open by appointment and for special events
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Our mission is to provide education, to nurture an appreciation of the environment, and to study birds and their habitats using woodcarvings and other museum resources.

Visit, meet the staff, board, and carvers; follow our blog for birding reports and more; try carving at a class; and share the wonder of birds with us.

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